Each week on the Jack Diamond Morning Show, the group talks to either Sam Donaldson or Cokie Roberts. Today they were talking to Sam and were discussing the problems with Israel and Palestine. Jack, per usual, was being a total jackass. He’s all, “Israel should just go in and kill all the Palestinians in the Church of the Nativity.” And Sam goes, “Yeah, that’s a wonderful idea, just kill them all. Because they tried that 60 years ago, and it didn’t work. And it's all that easy.” He was all sarcastic and totally shot Jack down. I think I love Sam Donaldson.
I don’t understand how people think major world conflicts can be seen in black and white. I had major problems with Bush’s statements last fall that countries had to choose whether to be with the U.S. or against us. Very few countries (if any, other than the Taliban in Afghanistan) condoned what happened on September 11. But that doesn’t mean that they have to agree with everything the United States chose to do afterward.
It’s not like a person can look at what’s happening in the Middle East and say, “Israel is right” or “Palestine is right.” I realize that a lot of people do that, but in my mind, that just makes them uninformed. Neither side is completely right; neither side is completely wrong. It’s a very complex situation. I know that the U.S. has been a major supporter of Israel, but does that mean we should support them invading Palestinian towns, refusing to let ambulances in? I feel bad for the Palestinians, but I don’t think people should go into crowded public places and blow themselves up.
Stupid world. It’s so confusing. But people who refuse to admit that it’s confusing, people who insist on only seeing one side of a story, just piss me off.
Current song in my head:
“Crocodile Rock” by Elton John